GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| sophist | philosopher |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |